XP OS on two different HDD

[bhome83]

for some reason (can't remember) a while back i installed my XP professional OS on my 2nd 40 gig hard drive, so that everytime i turned on the computer it gave me 2 options of which OS to run. I always have to pick the 2nd option because that is the only OS that will start the computer. if i choose the first option the computer will just go to a black screen. my question is, how do i get rid of this screen so i don't have to arrow down to the right OS everytime i turn the computer on? do i need to format one of my drives so my computer doesn't have 2 OS's on it? not sure which drive currently my OS is working on. i think its the D: drive but not totally sure. any help be appreciated. thanks alot.

[bailey]

remove the partition on the one you don't want and then do a repaire of the one you do want and that should remove the dual boot menu

[Alfie]

In control panel,go to system- advanced-startup and recovery-settings.
You'll see a drop down,choose the good OS and change time to shodisplay os's to 0.
Just make sure you choose the right one!

[bailey]

doing that will not remove the O.S that he wants to remove and it will not remove the dual boot menu eather.

[andyms18a]

Originally posted by Alfie In control panel,go to system- advanced-startup and recovery-settings. You'll see a drop down,choose the good OS and change time to shodisplay os's to 0. Just make sure you choose the right one!

if you do this as your defult operating system is the second one it will not boot to windows
go to control panall system advanced startup and recovery and hit edit remove the top entry for windows hit apply and ok then reboot